Swede Johnston

{{Short description|American football player (1910–2002)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Swede Johnston

| image = Swede Johnston 1935.jpg

| image_size =

| caption =

| number = 37, 25, 15, 6

| position = Back

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|3|7|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Appleton, Wisconsin, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|9|19|1910|3|7|mf=y}}

| death_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 196

| high_school = Appleton (WI)

| college = Marquette, Miami, Elmhurst

| pastteams =

• Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1931}})
• Chicago Cardinals ({{NFL Year|1933}})
• Cincinnati Reds ({{NFL Year|1934}})
• St. Louis Gunners ({{NFL Year|1934}})
• Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1934}}–{{NFL Year|1938}})
• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{NFL Year|1939}})
• Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|1940}})

| highlights =

• 2× NFL champion (1931, 1936)
• Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame

| pfr = JohnSw20

}}

Chester Arthur "Swede" Johnston (March 7, 1910 – September 19, 2002) was an American football back primarily for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). Johnston also played for the Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Gunners,{{cite news|title=St. Louis Team Holds Pro. Champions to 0 to 0 Tie |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4090793/swede_johnston_19102002/|newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune|date=December 25, 1933|page=11|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = January 21, 2016 }} {{Open access}} Cleveland Rams,{{cite news|title=Rams Acquire New Fullback from Packers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4090840/swede_johnston_19102002/|newspaper=The Evening Independent|date=October 27, 1937|page=12|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = January 21, 2016 }} {{Open access}} and Pittsburgh Steelers.

Johnston was born in Appleton, Wisconsin to Swedish immigrant parents. In 1981, he was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.{{Cite web | url = https://www.packers.com/history/hof/chester-swede-johnston | title = Chester "Swede" Johnston | last = Christl | first = Cliff | author-link = Cliff Christl | website = Packers.com | access-date = September 20, 2023 | archive-date = May 25, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230525202628/https://www.packers.com/history/hof/chester-swede-johnston | url-status = live }} He died in St. Louis, Missouri and is buried in Dodgeville, Wisconsin.